INMARK is a business and marketing consulting company based in Madrid and operating throughout Europe and Latin America. INMARK has branches in 7 countries, totalling +200 qualified staff members. INMARK delivers fieldwork, analytic and strategic market research studies for leading financial banking institutions, governments and ICT industry analysts, covering the different market segments: hardware, software and services in IT and telecommunications (voice and data), digital media, channels of distribution, security, SOA and ICT in vertical markets (bank, insurance, e‐Government, e‐learning and health). INMARK offers management skills, ICT and on‐line marketing eLearning and gamification solutions for corporate clients, Universities, public administration and SMEs. Furthermore, INMARK has a proven track record in ICT research, specialising in driving processes for successful technology transfer.

Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) is a university-level institution in the South-East of Ireland with over 10,000 students and 1000 staff. WIT has a number of research departments, all led by the WIT Research Office. One of these is the Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG), who are the group responsible for this project. The TSSG is an internationally recognised centre of excellence for ICT research and innovation founded in 1996 at the Waterford Institute of Technology. Since then, it has grown with over 120 active research staff and students. Initial work was focused on telecommunications network management, but this has expanded since then to include ICT / Future Internet, trust and security, autonomics, data mining and social computing, big data analytics, amongst others.

The Italian National Research Council (CNR) is the main public research organisation of Italy.  The CNR  consists  of  about  100  different  research  institutes  that  span  from  human  sciences  to engineering  sciences.  The  security  group  of  the  Institute  of  Telematics  and  Informatics  Institute (IIT-CNR) in Pisa runs research and development activities in cybersecurity. The group consists of about 20  persons, ranging from researchers  to Ph.D. students  and software  engineers. The security group   has  a  significant   expertise   on  formal   models  for  security and  trust,  secure  software engineering,  data  sharing  agreements,  language-based  security,  usage control  monitoring  and enforcement,  and  study  of  security  metrics  and  risk.  They  are  currently  leading  the  FP7  funded Network of Excellence of Engineering Secure Software and Systems (NESSoS). Moreover, they coordinate the CNR Interdepartmental Security Project, for the prevention of any action that may be harmful to society, humans, and organizations in Italy, with special emphasis to cybersecurity and critical infrastructure protection. Also, they lead the technological platform for national security (SERIT, SEcurity Research in ITaly).

HPE is one of the largest ICT Company worldwide. HPE is committed to realize innovative technologies and services, to help consumers, companies and public authorities to cope with daily challenges and issues, thus contributing to achieve their goals and expectations. HPE’s offering spans from software and services to ICT infrastructure targeted for enterprises. HPE has been founded in 2015, after the split of Hewlett-Packard (HP) into two separated companies. HPE headquarters are in Palo Alto, California, employs about 240.000 professionals, working in more than 170 countries, across six continents. HPE is listed in Fortune 500 ranking. Revenues for the company were $57 billion (US $) for 2015. HP has been operating in Europe since 1959, with the opening of its first manufacturing facility outside Palo Alto, California, at Böblingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. From the outset, HP has been a stakeholder in Europe. The company has deliberately sought to grow, not only by relying on its marketing, but by actively investing in European manufacturing and R&D operations. HPE inherits HP history, people, knowledge and expertise.

Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, is a leading national research university and New Jersey’s preeminent, comprehensive public institution of higher education. Established in 1766, the university is the eighth oldest higher education institution in the United States. Based at Rutgers, DIMACS (the Center for Discrete Mathematics and Theoretical Computer Science) catalyzes and conducts research and education in mathematical, computational, and statistical methods, algorithms, modeling, analysis, and applications. DIMACS partners include Princeton, Columbia, Bell Labs, and Microsoft Research.  DIMACS’s multi-year special focus programs address research themes that are poised for scientific advance and have potential for societal impact.

The European American Chamber of Commerce  –  New Jersey  –  EACCNJ  is  a legally incorporated as a not-for-profit and non-governmental entity dedicated to deepening transatlantic ties between the Mid-Atlantic  States  and  Europe,  a  uniquely  important  relationship.  Founded  in  2009,  and  based  in Princeton, NJ, the EACCNJ is a partner of the EACC global network which enhances its world-wide reach  and  advantages  for  its  members.  The  Chamber’s  mission  is  to  generate  a  variety  of  useful practical connections and policy insights, include for TTIP, to advance transatlantic ties.

The   Providence   Group,   a   cybersecurity   enterprise   risk   management   consultancy   based   in Washington DC, provides  strategic cybersecurity advice to transatlantic  organizations. We believe cyber risk is actually different from all other risks because it touches  on all types  of risk, including operational  risk,  reputational  risk,  and  regulatory  risk.  It  is  because  cyber  is  such  a  complex  and multifaceted  risk  that  it  needs  to  be  addressed  through  an  enterprise  risk  management  approach. Moreover, cyber risk is extremely dynamic and, as a result, requires boards and senior executives to frame the risk appropriately.  Evidence-based scenario thinking can help frame the risk and can also help understand steps that might be taken to mitigate and respond to those risks.